Animal Research Technician Details

Animal Research Technician

Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD

Employment Type : Full-Time

Research Animal Resources is seeking an Animal Research Technician who is responsible for overseeing and conducting positive reinforcement training, socialization, and enrichment evaluation with laboratory animals. The Animal Research Technician may also be required to conduct in vivo sampling program for macaques on research study. In this role, the Animal Research Technician supports the behavioral management program of Research Animal Resources under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Management.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
Implements and evaluates environmental enrichment, social housing, and positive reinforcement training strategies with nonhuman primates and other laboratory animal species.
Assists with socializing laboratory housed animals, including forming social pairs and monitoring newly formed social groups
Assists with evaluating efficacy of enrichment for a variety of laboratory housed animals.
Responsible for conducting positive reinforcement training of nonhuman primates for cooperation with common experimental and veterinary manipulations and procedures.
Designs training plans and documents training progress and effectively communicates shaping plans, animal progress, and program goals to faculty and staff as needed.
Coordinates with veterinarians, behaviorists, and animal care staff to plan and implement training and sampling schedules for macaques on study.
Responsible for collecting in vivo samples from macaques under sedation and voluntarily from trained animals without sedation.
Process, store and log in vivo samples after procurement, as needed.
Under the supervision of faculty, organize, analyze and present data from behavior research projects.
Communicate, understand and relay relevant research, behavioral and veterinary medical terminology.
Review and/or generate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as requested.
Monitors psychological well-being of macaques and report any concerns to behavioral and veterinary specialists.
Maintains accurate and complete documentation of data collection, providing regular reports of study progress to the Director of Behavioral Management and other faculty and staff as required.
Maintains research equipment and initiates the process for equipment repair when needed.
Demonstrates professional communication and interpersonal skills.
Informs faculty and staff in a timely and professional manner when problems arise with research plans or deadlines to determine solutions.
Manages multiple projects simultaneously.
Maintains regulatory documents according to internal SOPs.
Provides miscellaneous administrative support as required.

Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.*

• JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

** Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Preferred Qualifications:
One (1) year of related experience working with nonhuman primates in a captive setting.
Previous history conducting research projects and in organizing and analyzing data preferred.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Demonstrated knowledge of nonhuman primate behavior and social systems.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is essential.
Strong interpersonal skills, including both written and oral communication
Good organizational and time management skills
The ability to work independently and reliably with minimal supervision
Working knowledge of positive reinforcement training principals and techniques

Classified Title: Animal Research Technician
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CD
Starting Salary Range: $16.42 - $22.57/hr (commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F, 8:30-5:00
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Admin Research Animal Resources
Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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